Comments on Riskbreaker Kit, Topic split by Sikret Options

[lroumen]

The Riskbreaker is extremely interesting, but he seems more like a chore to keep alive. I have some ideas on how to play with him (I started a quick game to try out some things), but he could use a fun upgradeable ring and/or amulet that provides some protection options to take him out of the continuous baby-sitting bin. Without such a bonus, I believe that the riskbreaker will not be played. People should have an incentive to play him. Have people find the item in the early game, then have them upgrade it in the mid-game.

Perhaps the item should provide "Shield" thrice a day for when blur runs out after the so-manieth time the opponents cast "True Sight". Further bonuses might be something like +2AC, +2 saving throw vs spells, 10% resistance to fire/cold/magic damage. Later improve it to +3 and +15% or something.... minor bonuses add up through an entire game.

[bulian]

Has the casting time of risk decrement changed in v6?

Its casting time is zero in IA v6. The casting time was 1 in one of the previous versions of the mod and there was a bad risk for it to be interrupted by the enemies. However, this is a relatively old change in the kit. I don't remember when exactly we changed it from 1 to zero. IA v5 was released more than 2 years and 3 months ago and we have been working on v6 since that time. To be honest, I don't even correctly remember whether changing the casting time from 1 to zero had been done in v5 or is done in v6. What Was its casting time in v5? Was your question about the same point I mentioned above (i.e. about the enemies' chance to interrupt the Riskbreaker while casting Risk Decrement)?

Yes, the interruption issues is what I was asking about. Never played a riskbreaker at high levels myself, but I seemed to recall reading it somewhere. Found a reference at post #4 from Nov 2008 (here) that indicates its not 0. Not sure what version was out then, though that was less than 2 years 3 months ago. I think the lesson here is that I spent (no longer!) too much time reading old threads on this forum at one point.